Elfatih Eltahir, the H. M. King Bhumibol Professor, is the recipient of the 2026 Arab Water Council Prize, awarded under the theme “Leading Resilient and Climate-Adaptive Water Management Systems.” The award was announced during the closing […]
Mahdi Seyyedan, a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, received the 2026 Leo Casagrande Memorial Scholarship. Awarded by the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section (BSCES) and the ASCE Geo-Institute Boston Chapter, […]
The following students were recognized in the 2026-2027 academic year: Chelsey Graham received a UPS Fellowship, which supports PhD and master’s-level students conducting research in transportation, logistics, and supply chain management. Her work in the MIT […]
Quinn Early, a first-year graduate student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was named a fellow of the prestigious 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Originally from Falls Church, Virginia, Early received his […]
The MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce that the following faculty members have been granted tenure by MIT: Tami Lieberman has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure, effective July 1, […]
Michael Howland, the Jeffrey Cheah Career Development Professor and Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is recipient of a 2026 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), its most prestigious […]
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce the following faculty promotions effective July 1, 2026: Michael Howland has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor without Tenure. Howland received his B.S. […]
The following students were recognized in the 2025-2026 academic year: Riccardo Fiorista received the Hugh Hampton Young Fellowship. Riccardo’s research addresses challenges in public transportation systems by advancing understanding of transit accessibility and equity through data […]
Studies advancing our understanding of fluid dynamics, environmental processes, materials science, and resilient infrastructure were some of the most popular topics this year This year, CEE’s research efforts deepened our knowledge of public health, climate science, […]
César Terrer, TianFu Group Career Development Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been named to the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list from Clarivate. The annual list identifies researchers who demonstrated significant and broad influence in […]
MIT CEE’s MEng program gave alumna Inés Ortea the tools to transform her ideas into real-world solutions with lasting impact As a high school student with an interest in math, physics, and technical drawing, Inés Ortea […]
The approach could enable autonomous vehicles, commercial aircraft, or transportation networks that are more reliable in the face of real-world unpredictability. […]
Improved carbon-cement supercapacitors could turn the concrete around us into massive energy storage systems. […]
New research enables computer designs to incorporate the limitations of 3D printers, to better control materials’ performance in aerospace, medical, and other applications. […]
Graduate student Ernie (In Him) Lee has been awarded the prestigious Croucher Scholarship for Doctoral Study from the Croucher Foundation in Hong Kong. This award provides financial support for outstanding Hong Kong scholars who are looking […]
